VOD vs. INF, WPP, AUTO, PSON, AAF, ZEG, GAMA, HTWS, MAI, and BBB
Should you be buying Vodafone Group Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vodafone Group Public include Informa (INF), WPP (WPP), Auto Trader Group (AUTO), Pearson (PSON), Airtel Africa (AAF), Zegona Communications (ZEG), Gamma Communications (GAMA), Helios Towers (HTWS), Maintel (MAI), and Bigblu Broadband (BBB). These companies are all part of the "communication services" sector.
Vodafone Group Public (LON:VOD) and Informa (LON:INF) are both large-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
55.2% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Informa shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Informa shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Informa has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vodafone Group Public currently has a consensus target price of GBX 98.40, suggesting a potential upside of 32.83%. Informa has a consensus target price of GBX 865.33, suggesting a potential upside of 3.71%. Given Vodafone Group Public's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than Informa.
Informa has a net margin of 13.14% compared to Vodafone Group Public's net margin of 3.11%. Informa's return on equity of 6.32% beat Vodafone Group Public's return on equity.
Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Informa pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Vodafone Group Public pays out 20,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Informa pays out 6,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Vodafone Group Public received 1709 more outperform votes than Informa when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.34% of users gave Vodafone Group Public an outperform vote while only 65.81% of users gave Informa an outperform vote.
Vodafone Group Public has higher revenue and earnings than Informa. Vodafone Group Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Informa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Informa had 4 more articles in the media than Vodafone Group Public. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Informa and 4 mentions for Vodafone Group Public. Vodafone Group Public's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Informa's score of 0.26 indicating that Vodafone Group Public is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Informa beats Vodafone Group Public on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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